March 2011
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February 2011
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January 2011
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did china try to pass off top gun as air force... →
“A few days ago, China Central Television showed footage of what they claimed was an air force training exercise conducted on January 23. From the looks of things, they were actually just playing clips from Top Gun.”
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“So in a league where you can’t crash the boards without bumping into a...”
– mike kiszla, nuggets dropping the ball with billups, denver post, 1.12.11
December 2010
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mcdaniels gone, praise jesus! →
November 2010
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nights out: american idiot
april took me to see american idiot for my bday. it was really fantastic to hear the chorus version of green day songs. understandably not much in the way of plot, but other than that, it was a really well orchestrated show with lots of aneurysm inducing visual stimuli. american idiot tells the story of johnny and his two best friends, will and tunny. the show follows johnny, the jesus of...
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eating out: szechuan gourmet
those of you who know me know that there is nothing i love more than eating out. but, from time to time, i also like going to restaurants…
lunch at szechuan gourmet. szechuan style chinese food is something of a dark horse, served by a relatively small percentage of chinese restaurants. in nyc, if you want szechuan cuisine, you head over to grand sichuan. so when my buddy @squaredem...
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July 2010
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“The courts have slashed FCC policy, relaxing the ban on TV profanity. Coming...”
– tweeted by @ConanOBrien, 7.14.10
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physical theories as women
by simon dideo at mcsweeney’s
0. Newtonian gravity is your high-school girlfriend. As your first encounter with physics, she’s amazing. You will never forget Newtonian gravity, even if you’re not in touch very much anymore.
1. Electrodynamics is your college girlfriend. Pretty complex, you probably won’t date long enough to really understand her.
2. Special relativity is...
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copyright: the elephant in the middle of the glee...
posted by fellow ISP fellow Christina Mulligan at balkinization:
The fictional high school chorus at the center of Fox’s Glee has a huge problem — nearly a million dollars in potential legal liability. For a show that regularly tackles thorny issues like teen pregnancy and alcohol abuse, it’s surprising that a million dollars worth of lawbreaking would go unmentioned. But it does, and week after...
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Watch“they’ve got all those stone warriors just waiting for the right magic spell and they come alive and they’ll take our athletes and tie them to the trees.”
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open letter to fans from cavaliers majority owner...
Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight;
As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier.
This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his “decision” unlike anything...
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“i’m watching either mutant girls squad or alien v ninja on saturday.”
– jason, 7.1.10
June 2010
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feeling this: anyone’s ghost by the national
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notes from chris →
notes posted around nyc from a mysterious man named chris who wants to do tedious things with people and also has lots of problems.
found by brian
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you going to stand with your brothers on this?
“And that’s why the State of Nevada has officially banned people in chicken suits from showing up at the Nevada early voting stations.”
http://wonkette.com/415597/chicken-costumes-banned-at-nevada-polling-places
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eating out: blue hill at stone barns (aka greatest...
those of you who know me know that there is nothing i love more than eating out. but from time to time i also like going to restaurants…
it’s no secret that i love food. and as any proper foodie knows, blue hill at stone barns is foodie mecca. having waited 3 years to go to blue hill, we finally made it for april’s birthday dinner. located in westchester on the grounds of...
May 2010
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Enjoying vegetarian?
I don’t even know who you are anymore.
submitted by awong, re: eating out: dovetail (& shake shack!)
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eating out: dovetail (& shake shack!)
those of you who know me know that there is nothing i love more than eating out. but from time to time i also like going to restaurants…
in an attempt to find a happy medium between my carnivorous cravings and april’s delicate vegetarianism, april took me to dovetail for their $38 prix fixe, 3-course, vegetarian “inspired” dinner. served every monday night, diners can choose...
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nights out: a behanding in spokane
while i don’t actually have a bucket list yet, like most people i’ve thought about the things i’d like to see or do before i die. one of those things is meeting christopher walken. earlier this week, april helped me get one step closer to realizing that dream when she took me to see a behanding in spokane. walken plays mr. carmichael, an odd (to say the least) fellow who has...
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how do we get oil?
fakescience:
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white castle unveils burger-scented candle →
“With the fast food chain’s new scented candle, burger lovers can now enjoy the smell of sliders and onions all day long.”
http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/05/news/companies/white_castle_burger_candle/index.htm
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roflspiders →
http://roflspiders.wordpress.com
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